If we hadn't been there he'd not have been shot at all.
[Goodsir had signed up for the Discovery Service out of a genuine desire to see the world, and he'd done his best to respect the land and it's people... but that doesn't change the fact that he was just another white man crashing his way, uninvited, into a place for Mother England. He had time to think about it, at the end.]
When Lady Silence was aboard Erebus, we spoke. Well. Eventually. We killed her father, dragged her back to a ship full of men, and I tried to explain that we were there for the good of the economy.
[Goodsir finally sits on the edge of the bed, hiding his face in his hands.]
Yet she still tried to help us. We didn't deserve her.
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Date: 2025-04-04 04:23 pm (UTC)[Goodsir had signed up for the Discovery Service out of a genuine desire to see the world, and he'd done his best to respect the land and it's people... but that doesn't change the fact that he was just another white man crashing his way, uninvited, into a place for Mother England. He had time to think about it, at the end.]
When Lady Silence was aboard Erebus, we spoke. Well. Eventually. We killed her father, dragged her back to a ship full of men, and I tried to explain that we were there for the good of the economy.
[Goodsir finally sits on the edge of the bed, hiding his face in his hands.]
Yet she still tried to help us. We didn't deserve her.
I didn't deserve her.